Dominic Thasarathar, Primary Thought Leader at Autodesk, responsible for long term strategy for Construction, Energy and Natural Resources industries shares his views on the future of making things and how emerging technology can play a role on transforming business and delivering a better built environment.

Ep 1: Indistinguishable from Magic – Dominic Thasarathar, Autodesk, on the future of making things

‘Technology is an enabler. It should support the creative process; It should support the decision-making process and enhance both – But I don’t want to live in a world where the art of architecture is lost to machines…this needs to be left to the specialists, those who can see past the norm, past the typical, to that end bring the delight into design.’ Alistair Kell

In this week's episode we sit down with Alistair Kell, Principle at Building Design Partnership Ltd to discuss his thoughts on emerging technologies, connected buildings and the philosophy of making places for people.  BDP is a major international practice of architects, designers, engineers and urbanists. Visit www.bdp.com for more details.

Ep 2: Building Smarter, Alistair Kell, BDP

In Episode 3 we connect with Charles Anderson, Curriculum Development Manager, from the National College for High Speed Rail, on closing the engineering skills gap and expanding diversity in the workforce. Charles shares insight into the National College’s innovative new curriculum and his thoughts on what industry is looking for in the next generation of engineers. “Those who welcome change and embrace change… and very importantly have a willingness and enthusiasm to engage in their own continuous professional development, to develop their skills for what the future is going to hold.” Charles Anderson, NCHSR. Visit the National College website https://www.nchsr.ac.uk/ to learn more.

Ep 3: Engineering a Workforce, Charles Anderson NCHSR

Learn more about how Mott MacDonald are developing new ways of working to take on some of the world’s largest infrastructure projects.  
 
‘Diversity and inclusion plays a huge part in your ability to innovate…When we think of innovation we think about connected thinking, bringing together different technologies and expertise to create a totally new solution to a tangible problem…Creating a smarter infrastructure and ultimately this idea of smarter cities, helping to deliver the needs of society in an intelligent way.’ Tom Hughes, Mott MacDonald.

Visit Mott MacDonald at https://www.mottmac.com/
Visit Autodesk at https://www.autodesk.com/

Ep 4: Do More, Better with Less – Tom Hughes, Mott MacDonald

Jaimie Johnston talks to his experience of working at the intersection of construction and manufacturing, as Bryden Wood take a lead on industrialized construction. Sharing insights on transforming how we design and construct.
 
‘If you look at anything else that we buy or use, everything that is manufactured, no one ever expects product design not to be beautiful. Everyone expects things that are manufactured, industrialized to be creative, innovative, interesting and beautiful; and yet we can’t make that mental leap between that being achievable in every other sector and that being brought into the buildings sector.’ Jaimie Johnston
 
To learn more visit:  
Visit Bryden Wood - https://www.brydenwood.co.uk/about-us/downloads/123/
Visit Autodesk - https://www.autodesk.com

Ep 5: Breaking the Mold, Jaimie Johnston from Bryden Wood

Ruth Amos, Co-Founder alongside Shawn Brown of Kids Invent Stuff, discusses their YouTube channel inspiring the next generation of inventors to showcase their problem-solving skills. Ruth encourages future generations to think about inventing while also opening up all of our minds to rethink everyday challenges we tackle as professional designers and engineers.
 
“We like an idea that an adult or a parent might look at and go ‘Oh, that’s not possible.’  The flaming piano, as soon as we saw that, we were like ‘Yes!.’  Even with things like the floating shoes or jam firing rockets, it’s something that if you should it to a kid, they go ‘That’s really cool!’ and an adult might be like ‘No, why would you make that?’ But you can guarantee once they watch the video, they will be like ‘Yeah, I’d actually quite like one of those’…There are lots of considerations: time, budget, and most importantly… is it something that makes you go ‘Wow’” - Ruth Amos
 
To learn more visit:  
Kids Invest Stuff website: https://kidsinventstuff.com/
Kids Invent Stuff YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/KidsInventStuff/videos

Ep 6: Imagination Builders with Ruth Amos of Kids Invent Stuff on inspiring future generations

The future of making is here, bringing with it radical changes and disrupting every industry: architecture, engineering, and construction; manufacturing; and media and entertainment. 
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